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Repression and Revolt in the run up to G8 Japan

Over the past week and a half, an unprecedented political crackdown has been enacted in advance of a series of economic summits around the country. Despite this, the brave workers of Kamagasaki stood up against the stiff security environment in riots against the brutal beating of a day laborer over the past five days. The twin situations of repression and revolt deserve to be examined in more detail.

Cuba: Interview Porno Para Ricardo

18-06-2008 23:48 | Culture | Repression | World

* The Cuban Libertarian Movement (MLC) interviewed via internet a punk musical group active in Havana for over 10 years who are today a significant reference in a counter cultural scene that merits recognition and solidarity.

How to train death squads and quash revolutions from San Salvador to Iraq

18-06-2008 22:03 | History | Iraq | Terror War | World

How to covertly train paramilitaries, censor the press, ban unions, employ terrorists, conduct warrantless searches, suspend habeas corpus, conceal breaches of the Geneva Convention and make the population love it.

Truce or Dare: Israel Issues Ultimatum

18-06-2008 20:42 | Anti-militarism | World

I wonder if Israel's strikes on Gaza today, minutes before the Government announced to the international media that it had 'accepted the truce', were supposed to be the act of provocation which undid the deal.

Dispatch from Andy Stepanian (SHAC 7)

For more information:

http://www.shac7.com/andy

CIA Malta Talons Hold Trusts In Golden Triangle

18-06-2008 15:22 | Globalisation | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

EURO-AMERICAN MONEY FUND TRUST - Trust Group 3 of 14 Trust Groups' pooled assets balancing global economies, saw Trust Group 8 - led by Georges Pebereau of BANK INDO-SUEZ - with Günter Berthold Horn as the Western representative for inheritors of Golden Triangle China Triad Family gold bullion and more.

Palestine Today 061808

18-06-2008 14:44 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday June 18th, 2008.

No Platform for the IOM

18-06-2008 13:45 | Anti-racism | Migration | Social Struggles | World

Picket - Thursday 19th June 10pm-6pm
To coincide with "IOM Day" being held as part of Bristol's Refugee Week
activities at the Pierian Centre, Portland Square, St Pauls, Bristol

Ex-UK Army Chief in Iraq Confirms Peak Oil Motive for War

A former senior British Army official in Iraq, James Ellery, admits the link between peak oil and the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq. Currently director of British security firm and US defence contractor, AEGIS, Ellery also whitewashes the massive corruption in Iraqi reconstruction projects.

Bogotá university anti privatization demo

18-06-2008 06:27 | Education | World

Students today at Bogotá National University, Colombia, demonstrated against planned privatisation and the introduction of tuition fees.

Criminal Charges Against Alumbrera Mines in Argentina

18-06-2008 02:39 | Ecology | World

Charges were filed for the first time against a transnational mining company in Latin America, at the Alumbrera Mines (Xstrata, Goldcorp and Yamana) in Catamarca and Tucumán in Argentina. This article is about the history and events which have led up to this important event, and what we can do to support Latin Americans fighting against big mining operations.

Fight Speciesism! #2 - Out Now

The second issue has expanded from 6 to 10 pages because of the quantity of news and analysis that has been published since the first edition.

Italy, Deportation Of 40 Afghan Refugees

17-06-2008 21:53 | Migration | Repression | World

EVERYONE GROUP: “SERIOUS BREACH OF THE LAW.
EXPLANATION REQUESTED TO THE ITALIAN MINISTERS OF THE INTERIOR AND DEFENCE; THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES MUST INTERVENE”

Squatted SCUMFEST punkathon raises £2000 for good causes

17-06-2008 17:46 | Education | Social Struggles | World

This years punkathon SCUMFEST helded last weekend in a squatted car showrooms at EAST HILL, WANDSWORTH LONDON SW18 went brilliantly. Loads of bands from all over the place played and cops and the dim owners left it alone (more or less).

We've changed our address.

17-06-2008 17:10 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Social Struggles | World

We've changed our address.

London Against Camden Danger Lab
BM 8735
London
WC1N3XX

Direct Action: Chile, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Spain & UK

ANIMALS RESCUED IN LAB RAID (Chile)
HUNTING TOWER DESTROYED (Germany)
UNILEVER, DHL PAINTED IN SUPPORT OF PRISONERS (Mexico)
TRUCK VANDALIZED AT FISH COMPANY (Sweden)
FUR SHOP LOCKS GLUED IN SUPPORT OF JEFF LUERS (Spain)
FELIX SAYS "FREE SEAN KIRTLEY" (UK)
BULLFIGHTING ARENA TARGETED (Spain)
HUNTING TOWER OUT OF SERVICE (Germany)
TOWN CLEANED OF CIRCUS POSTERS (Sweden)
SLOGANS PAINTED AT HOME OF BIRD BREEDER (Mexico)

Atenco Political Prisoners

On 3 and 4 of May, 2006, more than 2,500 state and federal Mexican police arrived at the small town of San Salvador Atenco, Mexico State, to repress members of a social movement (People´s Front in Defence of Land, FPDT) protesting in support of local flower sellers who had been displaced from their traditional place of work because the government was planning to build there a Wall Mart.

Palestine Today 061708

17-06-2008 14:56 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday June 17th, 2008.

Hilton delegates shocked by 5 metre high aviation elephant

17-06-2008 13:29 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Education | World

A 5 metre high Giant Inflatable Elephant shocked delegates at the Edinburgh Caledonian Hilton today with a massive banner stating ’Aviation is the Elephant in the Room.’

This spectacle, created by anti-aviation group Plane Stupid Scotland, is a huge visual reminder that aviation remains a massive elephant in the room as long as emissions from aviation continue to be ignored in the Climate Change Bill.

Charged - "Fitwatchers" arrested at STWC March, March 15. Update

17-06-2008 13:08 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Having been arrested under Sec 241 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 for "intimidation or annoyance by violence or otherwise" towards the FIT team, 3 of the 4 arrestees have now been charged with the less obscure charge of Obstruct Police.

World Newswire Archive

Repression and Revolt in the run up to G8 Japan

Cuba: Interview Porno Para Ricardo

How to train death squads and quash revolutions from San Salvador to Iraq

Truce or Dare: Israel Issues Ultimatum

Dispatch from Andy Stepanian (SHAC 7)

CIA Malta Talons Hold Trusts In Golden Triangle

Palestine Today 061808

No Platform for the IOM

Ex-UK Army Chief in Iraq Confirms Peak Oil Motive for War

Bogotá university anti privatization demo

Criminal Charges Against Alumbrera Mines in Argentina

Fight Speciesism! #2 - Out Now

Italy, Deportation Of 40 Afghan Refugees

Squatted SCUMFEST punkathon raises £2000 for good causes

We've changed our address.

Direct Action: Chile, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Spain & UK

Atenco Political Prisoners

Palestine Today 061708

Hilton delegates shocked by 5 metre high aviation elephant

Charged - "Fitwatchers" arrested at STWC March, March 15. Update

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